Machine for manufacturing grooved pins, &amp;c.



A. L. MOWRY. MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GROOVBD PINS, 6w. APPLICATION FILED 00T.l2, 1907.

939,061 Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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Attorney A. L. MOWRY.

MAGHINEPOR MANUFACTURING GROOVED PINS, aw.

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A. L. MOWRY.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GROOVED PINS, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.12, 1-907.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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Witnesses:

Attorney A.L.MOWRY.

MACHINE FOR MANUPAGTURING GROOVED PINS, 6w.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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APPLIOATION FILED 00T.12, 1907.

VVKnesses: lnventon A. L. MOWRY.

' MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GROOVED PINS, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.12, 1907.

939,061. Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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Attorney A. L. MOWRY.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GROOVED PINS, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.12, 1907. 939,06 1. Patented Novt2, 1909.

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A.L.Mowr

A. L. MOWRY.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GROOVED PINS, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.12, 1907.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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WITNESSES.

A. L. MOWRY.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GROOVED PINS, 6w.

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ALBERT LAWRENCE MOWRY, OF ST. JQHN, BRUNSWICK, CANADA, ASSIGNOE .EQ

HARRY RIGEA'RDS MGLELLAN, =0! ST. G'OHN, CANADA.

MACHINE MANUFACTURING G'RUQVZED .ZPIN'S, 1&0.

To ah whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AL ERT LAWRENCE Mownr, of the city of St. John, in the county of St. John, Province of New Brunswick, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Mannfacturing Grooved Pins or .the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved ma chine formanufacturing grooved pins, partioularly the type of pins adaptable for use in a lock nut,-such as that shown inUnited States Patent 7534.21, dated March 11th, 1904, and the objects of my invention are to provide an exceedingly simple and efiicient form of machine for this purpose, which will 1 automatically manufacture the said grooved locking pin from wire which is fed continuously into the machine, all the operations I thereof being automatically carried out;' further objects being to provide-means.

for automatically indicating when the feedin machine becomes interrupted, further ob ects still being to provide means for trimming the pins to the correct length after they have been cut and grooved.

An embodiment of my invention for ob taining these objects is illustrated herein, and as shown consists essentially of a wire feeding and strengthening mechanism, a cutting mechanism adapted to cut the Wire into blanks at predetermined lengths, a magazine below the same into which the blanks drop, a reciprocating finger operating inone end of the magazineada ted to feed the blanks forwardly, a pair 0 tiltable fingers at the opposite end of the magazine, a rotating die adjacent to the same, a fixed die co-acting therewith to produce grooves in the pin, a trimming mechanismoperating on the pins during their passage through the die, and an alarm device adapted to automatically indicate when the feeding through the magazine becomes clioked, all as hereinafter more fully set forth in detail in the accompanying specification and drawings.

lnthe drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the wire feeding and cutting,m%hanism alone. Fig. l is a rear end View of the trimming mechanism alone. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sec tional detail of the outer driving gear. Fig. (his an enlarged sectional detail of the inner driving gear. Fig. 7 is an elevation of one Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed October 12,1902.

Patented Nov. '2, 1961i. Serial No. 397,159.

ofthe feeding wheels. F ig. 8 .is a. detail of the pin used. to secure the same to itsbase. Fig. .9 is a plan view of the bracket supporting the feeding :wheels. Fig. .10 is an end view of the same. Fig. .11 isa detail of the lever used to automatically tighten the wire straightening means. Figsl2isa plan view of the disk supporting the wire straightening rollers. Fig. l3.is;s'.n elevation of one of the wire straightening rollers. Fig. 14.- is an elevation of :the pin used .to secure the same in position. Fig. 15 is a top view ofthe magazine. Fig.16is a side view of the same. Fig. 17 is an end view of the same. Fig. 18 isa plan view of a slide opera-tinginthe magazine. Fig. 19 is a plan view of the cover of the magazine. Fig.20 is a detail side andend view of the die throu h .whichthe wire is led prior vto cuttin Fig. 21 is a side view of the tiltable shear lock. Fig. 221s an end view-ofthe same. Fig. 23 is a top view. 24: is-a detail side and end view of the adjustable gage heldinthe shear block. Fig. 25 shows detail elevations of the cutt-ingLdie for the wire. Fig. 26 is an enlargedside .view of the rotating die for grooving the pins. Fig. 27 is a'transverse sectional viewthrough the a same. Fig. 28 is a front view of the .fixed die. Fig. 29 is a side view of the-same. .Fig. 30 is a top view of the same. Fig.3]. gisa transverse section through one ofthe disks carrying the .wire straightening -.-rollers. Fig. 32 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the alarm mechanism :for indicating the bracket in;the feeding throughthezmagazine. Fig. 38 is an enlarged sectional detail ofthe cutter shaft for trimming the pins as they pass through the die. Fig. 3.4 isa sectional detail of the cutter carried by the -Sienna. Fig. 35 is a perspective view of one of the locking pins. Fig. 36 is a longitudinal'sectional view through the assembled machine. Fig. 37 is a transverse section :throughrthe tiltable fingers. Fig. 38 .isahorizontal section through theassembled machine. Fig. v 39 is a transverse section showing thecoacting cutterand die. 4:0 is a horizontal sectional detail along the axis of theshafts N. Fig. 41 is a vertical sectional detail taken through the cranks 4.1 and &2. Fig. 42 is a vertical sectional detail takento one side of the disk L. Fig. -13 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the feed means.

In the drawings like characters of referouter end screw-threaded an thus increasing1 ence indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referrlng to the drawings, particularly Figs. 1, 2 and 3, A is the frame which may be of any desirable form and has at the end thereof a bracket B supportin the bearings a and b of the main driving s aft C. This driving shaft is connected in any suitable manner to a source of power. In the embodiment illustrated I have shown a gear attached thereto, consisting of an maindriving wheel 0, adapted to receive a belt, fitting loosely on the shaft, having integral therewith a small driving pinion d, which meshes with a like pinion 6 supported by a pin f from adisk g which is supported on the main shaft and keyed thereto.

The pinion e meshes with an internal annular gear it formed inte ral with a disk 2' which is fixedly secure in position by means of a bracket 50 connected to the main frame. Bythis meanswhen the main driving wheel is rotated it rotates the pinion e whichmeshes with the internal gear h and consequently rotates the disk g, which being keyed to the shaft C rotates the said shaft,

the leverage by the difference between t e center of the driving shaft and the center of the pin f. Any other suitable form of gear, however, might be employed to drive this gear and I do not claim this feature as a distinctive part of my invention. Y

The wire to be used, in manufacturing the pins, is held on a reel close to the machine, and is first led through a straightening device D. This consists, as shown, of two disks 6 and j which are rotatably supported in cylindrical apertures in a bracket is, which is supported from the main frame, the disks.

belng held by suitable means in the apertures, that shown comprising an annular flange Z, which extends around theinside of the apertures in the bracket, and enters like grooves provided in the disks.

Each of the disks carry two rollers m and n supported on pins 0 and p, which are pllaced diametrically opposite each other.

ach of the rollers has grooves q provided around its periphery, in which the wire is adapted to take. Both disks are simultaneously operated to exert a tension on the wire by means of a rod r, which is connected to each of the disks by pins 8 and t and has its extending through a downwardly projecting flange a on the bracket, its extreme outer end bein connected to a handle 1: by means of whicfi it may be rotated, causing a slight rotation of the disks and exerting a greater or less tension on the wire according to the direction of movement. The wire next passes be tween two feeding rollers E and F, which bear on the sides of the same. These are adjustably supported from a bracket w,

(shown in detail inFigs. 9 and-'10) by means of pins m and y, which extend through slots 5 and 6 in the brackets, being locked therein by nuts which are'secured on the reduced screw-threaded ends 7 of the,

pins. One of these feedinv wheels is intermittingly rotated by suitable means, that I have shown consisting of a rock shaft G supported in bearings 7 on the frame A and connected to the feed wheel by a crank 8 secured to the end of the shaft G and having its other end connected to a link 8 which is pivoted to an upright 8 carried by one of the bearings 7. The link 8 has its lower end connected to a link 9' which is in turnconnected with the link 10, which is mounted to turn on the stud Y. A pawl 11 is attached to the connected ends of the levers 9 and 10 and this pawl engages the teeth of the I ratchet wheel12, secured to or formed integral with the feed wheel; By this means the feed wheel is interr'nitting-ly rotated, but its rotation may be stopped y lifting. the pawl 11 from off the ratchet wheel. 1

The rock shaft G is rocked in a suitable manner from the main shaft, the means shown comprising an eccentric H on the main shaft connected to the crank I on the rock shaft.

After passage through the feeding wheels, the wire passes through a' die block 13 supported from the bearing 7, and is then operated on by the shear 14 (shown in Fig. 25) which is carried b the rocking shear block J (shown in detail in Figs. 21, 22, and 23'"). This shear block is supported on the rock shaft G, and is of the form shown, having a cylindrical portion 15 with a recess 16 therein, for the reception of the shear 14, and a' lowerv portion 17 having a horizontal recess 18 therein, in which t ie gage block 19 is adjustably held by a set-screw extending through the hole 20 in the side of the gageblock. The wire is adapted to fit against this shear block prior to the operation of the shear and thus have the length of the blank gaged. Immediately below the shear block is the magazine K having a ortion of the top open and into which the lanks drop as they are cut from the wire. This magazine extends substantially horizontal and is provided at its forward part with .a cover 21 which is preferably kept in lace by an elastic band whereby if the feedin becomes choked, itmay be forced upward y to operate the alarm device as hereinafter indicated in t e magazine.- By this means blahks are continuously forced through the magazine and coming to the end thereof they drop for a moment onto two fingers 26 and 27 pivoted to brackets 28 and 29 secured to die block 36 which is secured to the mainframe and which are gravity held in position with freedom to tilt downwardly by weights 29 and 30 secured to their opposite ends.

L is the rotating die which is in the form of a disk supported by a shaft 31 extending through bearings 32, secured to the main frame. The periphery of the disk is adapted to almost touch the fingers and is provided with continuous grooves 33, to suit the number of grooves that are to be cut on the pins. In addition to this there area plurality of transverse recesses 34 provided around the periphery, by means of which the introduction of the pin between the rotating and fixed dies is accomplished. The rotation of the shaft 31 is accomplished by means of a gear 47 connected thereto, and which meshes with a pinion 48 secured to the main shaft.

M is the fixed die, which is arc-shaped as shown and provided with grooves 35 to correspond with the grooves on the rotating die.

The fixed die is supported in a bracket 36- secured to the main frame and being held therein by suitable bolts 37. As the die L revolves, one of the recesses 34 will come opposite the end ofthe magazine and the feeding apparatus in the magazine is so adjusted that at this instant, it will discharge one of the blanks into the recess. This blank will be caught and held on the ends of the lingers 26 and 27, and be held there nntiLit is struck by the edgeof the recess when it will be drawn in between the dies, rolled between them'and be discharged at the bottom of the. die M completely grooved as desired. The tin ers 26 and 27 prevent the blank from falling to the bottom of the recess las it it did not do this,-the recess, being slightly wider than the diameter of the blank, the blank would slide against the fixed die and would jam the machine. During passage through these dies the ends of the pins are trimmed by cutters 38 which are located on opposite sides of the'dies and are operated by means of oscillating cutter shafts N. These cutter shafts are supported in suitable bearings 39, secured to the main frame and are oscillated by "suitable means, the means I have shown bein illustrated in Fig. l and comprising crank arms i1 and 42, secured to the cutter shafts and having rollers 43 at their opposite ends which bear on a vertical reciprocating conical cam block it. This cam block is secured on' a vertically extending rod 45, which extends through a bearing -16, and has the upper end abutting a cam 47* secured to the main shaft C. The rod is held in contact with the cam by the action of a tension spring 40 connected to the two crank arms 4-1 and 42 normally bringing them together,

and exerting an upward force on the rod 45, through the conical cam' l l. The adjustmentof the cams is such that the cutters will be actuated to cut at the exact moment when one of the pins is passing. The pins on passing through the dies will be completed and may be received there by a suitablereceptacle.

To give warning of any interruption in the feeding I provide the alarm device i), shown in detail in Fig. 32. I This consists of a rod 48 which is slidably supported in the face of the shear block j by means of pins 49, entering slots 50 in the rod. The

end 51 of the rod is adapted to extend slightly below the edge ofthe shear block and in, its lowest position, is adapted to just touch the top of the magazine when in its lowest position, as will be seen from the sectional view in Fig. 36.

Should there be any stoppage in the feeding, the top of the magazine would be moved upwardly, which would cause an upward movement of the sliding rod 48. To indicate this to the operator of the machine, a

push bell 52 is supported on a rod 53 of a in 54, on the shear block, the button 55 of t e bell normally touching the top of the sliding rod 48.

In the operation of the machine the wire is fed from a reel between the straightening and tensioning device D to'the feeding wheels E and F, whichfeed the wire through the die 13 against the gage block 19, when it is cut oil, in suitable lengths by the shear 14 carried by the rocking shear block J. The blank then drops into the magazine K through which it is fed by the action of. the

reciprocating slide 22, operated by the oscillating finger 23. The blank is then discharged at the moment when the recess 34 comes opposite the end of the magazine. It rests for a moment on the fingers 28 and 27, until engaged by the edge of the recess and rolled between the dies as hereinbefore explained During passage through the dies it is operated on by the cutters 38 which trim the ends thereof. Finally it drops from between the dies complete in every respect. Should any failure occur in the feeding operation the same is at once indicated by the alarm device 0.

It willthus be seen that I have devised 'a machine which is entirely automatic in its operation. The wire -may be placed on a large reel near by and the operation of the machine started. It needs no further attention and should any failure occur in the feeding the push bell 52 is at once operated to indicate to an attendant, who may be occupied at other work near by, that the machine should be stopped until the jamming of the pins in the magazine has been remedied.

While the machine has been described particularly with reference to the manufacturing of the locking pins for lock nuts, yet it will be readily understood that the important features thereof might with facility be applied to the manufacture of any similar form of. article such as wood screw. It will therefore be readily understood that while I have described with great particularity the details of my device, yet in carrying out the construction of the same, changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' \VhatjI claim as my invention is 1. A machine for manufacturing grooved pins having a fixed die and a cylindrical rotating die provided with a transverse depression in combination with the magazine discharging between the dies, having means in the magazine adapted to discharge a blank whenever the transverse depression comes opposite the end of'the magazine, tiltable depressible fingers immediately adjacent to the rotating die, adapted to receive the pin discharged from the magazine, and prevent it dropping between the dies until it is engaged by the edge1 of the transverse depression, the said gers being ada ted, when the pin is engaged by the edge 0 the recess, to yield and permit the pin to be rolled between the dies.

2. In a machine for shaping articles by rolling action, the combination of a fixed die and a die in cooperative relation therewith movable relatively thereto, cutters located-at opposite sides of the path of the work piece mounted so as to permit of movement toward and from the dies and ada ted to trim the ends of a piece as it passes etween the dies, said cutters having cutting edges which lie substantially parallel with the said path, and means between the cutters and under the control of the movable die adapted to move the cutters simultaneously in relation to the dies at predetermined intervals.

3. A machine for the purpose specified, the" combination with a fixed and rotating die, and a magazine, of'means for feeding blanks through the magazine, and between tiltable fingers located between the delivery end of'the magazine and the dies, the tiltable fingers arranged in such relationship to the dies, that the blanks are adapted to rest thereon by gravity, prior to' and until they 7 are drawn between the two dies.

4. In a machine for the purpose specified,

the combination with a fixed and a rotating die, a feeding magazine, and means for feeding the blanks therethrough, of centrally pivoted fingers having their inner ends adapted to receive the blanks from the magazine as the are forced out by'the feeding means, sai blanks being adapted to rest by gravity thereon until they are drawn between the dies, ,andweights connected to said fingers adapted to maintain them in normal position. I

5. In a machine for the purpose specified, the combination with a magazine comprising a reciprocating pusher member, said magazine having a movable top adapted to be raised by clogging of the blanks therein, means for feeding the blanks through the magazine, a rock shaft, means between the rock shaft and reciprocating member adapted to operate the latter when the rock shaft is oscillated, means for oscillating the same, an audible signaling device having ating lever adapted to be engaged y the top of the magazine when raised from its nor mal position, the movement of the operat ng lever being adapted to actuate the signallng device. c

6. In a machine for the purpose specified, the combination with cooperating dies, means for moving at least one'of t e dies, oscillating trimming cutters mounted upon the shaft and adapted to 0 rate upon one endof the work as it passes tween the dies, means for supporting the shaft, a crank arm on the shaft having the free end adapted to engage a cam, the movement of the said cam being controlled by a mechanism whlch is connected to the die-moving mechanism.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set'my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT LAWRENCE nowar.

Witnesses:

HARRISON A. McKnowN, C. M RRAY OLIVE.

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